Joseph Hodges & Maria Lewis


Joseph HODGES  [ 006 ]
Maria LEWIS  [ 007 ]
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    These are the parents of Frances Hodges [003] who married Peter Colston [002] in Shepton Mallet Somerset in 1837
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c 1796 - The Maria who married Joseph Hodges the shoemaker, was born in Shepton Mallet Som  [b] 

c 1796 - The Joseph Hodges who married a Maria, and was a shoemaker in SM in 1851, was born in Shepton Mallet  [b] 

c 1798 - The John Hodges who was the brother of Joseph Hodges the shoemaker of SM, was born in SM  [b] 

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8/12/1818 - Joseph Hodges married Maria Lewis in SM  [a] 

1818 - Dau Frances bapt at SM to Joseph & Frances Hodges  [a] 

25/7/1819 - Ann bapt at Ebenezer Wesleyan Chapel in SM to Joseph & Frances Hodges (bn 16/6)  [d] 

26/8/1821 - Eleanor Maria bapt at Ebenezer Wesleyan Chapel in SM to Joseph & Frances Hodges (bn 14/6)  [d] 

2/3/1823 - Matilda bapt at Ebenezer Wesleyan Chapel in SM to Joseph & Frances Hodges (bn 31/1)  [d]  

30/7/1826 - Amelia bapt at Ebenezer Wesleyan Chapel in SM to Joseph & Frances Hodges (bn 22/5)  [d] 

23/8/1829 - Joseph bapt at Ebenezer Wesleyan Chapel in SM to Joseph & Frances Hodges (bn 29/7)  [d] 

15/11/1835 – A Henry Abraham (bn 28/9/1831) and twins John & William (born 5/10/1835) bapt at Ebenezer Wesleyan Chapel in SM to a Joseph & Frances Hodges  [d]  

6/6/1841 - Living in one house in SM was Joseph Hodges 45, Maria Hodges 45, Amelia Hodges 15, Elizabeth Hodges 15, Joseph Hodges 12, and Henry Hodges 10, all born SM.   [c]
    (Where were the oldest 4 kids by 1841?  And who is Elizabeth, bn abt 1826? - niece?  And where are the twins John & William? - died young?) 

30/3/1851 - Living in Town St SM was Joseph Hodges (55, Boot & Shoemaker "employing 8 journeymen & 6 apps"), his wife Maria 55, dau Amelia (24, shoebinder), son Joseph (21, boot & shoemaker), son Henry (19, boot & shoemaker), all born SM, also John Hodges his brother (53, widower, bn SM, "formerly clothworker"), grand-dau Maria Manning (1, bn Cardiff), and a 26yo Gardener (a visitor).  [b] 

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SOURCES ...
[a]  Ex Taunton CRO ?
[b]  1851 Census
[c]  1841 Census Index
[d]  IGI 

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